- Nov 7 2018
- Fall, Landscaping
- 0
Preparing Trees & Shrubs for Winter
November 7, 2018 Fall, Landscaping 0
November extinguished the landscape ablaze, leaving only a few smoldering embers amongst the ashes. The trees stood unadorned and humbled as their Autumnal attire laid at their feet. The great sentinels now stood vulnerable and exposed. With Winter nipping at…
- Oct 3 2018
- Fall, Landscaping
- 0
Surviving First Frosts
October 3, 2018 Fall, Landscaping 0
As the wind whipped through the canopies, animating every leaf and limb, their shadows cast a violent display on the ground – flickering wildly and unhinged. The trees thrashed and raged in what seemed to be a battle of unseen, invisible forces….
- Sep 5 2018
- Fall, Landscaping
- 0
Tree Care: The Over & Under on Water
September 5, 2018 Fall, Landscaping 0
The wind heaved a long and persistent sigh that rattled the leaves into an eerie whirr. The limbs slumped and shirked in the suppressive heat and humidity as a few leaves became untethered and drifted towards the ground. August had been…
- May 30 2018
- Landscaping, Summer
- 0
Combatting Heat Stressed Plants
May 30, 2018 Landscaping, Summer 0
The humidity enveloped the landscape, constricting ever tighter, until flora and fauna wilted. Breathless, lifeless, and defeated, Summer had officially arrived in all its oppressive glory. Heat stress is a real thing and can adversely affect our plants. When temperatures start…
- Jan 24 2018
- Landscaping, Winter
- 2
Surviving Winter Creatively & Scientifically
January 24, 2018 Landscaping, Winter 2
The clouds stacked up like mountains, pretending to be more permanent structures in a temporary sky. A very reflection of nature itself. Constantly changing, constantly amazing. And Winter is no different. Winter can be a brutal but beautiful season, chiseled from marble,…
- Oct 19 2016
- Landscaping
- 0
Surviving Frosts
October 19, 2016 Landscaping 0
As the wind whipped through the canopies, animating every leaf and limb, their shadows cast a violent display on the ground – flickering wildly and unhinged. The trees thrashed and raged in what seemed to be a battle of unseen, invisible forces….
- Jan 20 2016
- Landscaping, Winter
- 0
Surviving Winter Scientifically
January 20, 2016 Landscaping, Winter 0
Despite the bone gnawing temperatures, the Wrens, Warblers and Chickadees seem at ease, flitting here and there in the garden, darting between trees and chirping all the while. They are tiny, compact birds whose weight barely bows the grassy stems of the spent Coneflower as…
- Jan 29 2014
- Landscaping, Uncategorized
- 0
A Winter to Remember
January 29, 2014 Landscaping, Uncategorized 0
This has been a winter to remember. I say this with some diplomacy as there are certainly better adjectives I could use, but this is a respectful blog, so I’ll leave it at that. I will say, however, that I…